![]() ![]() The Drag Queen Storytime program is an offshoot of a nationwide initiative called "Drag Queen Story Hour" that is supposed to open children's eyes to "unabashedly queer role models," according to its website. KHOU reported that Garza assaulted an 8-year-old boy in 2008, and that the library reportedly didn't perform background checks on the queens of the somewhat popular reading program in Houston, which is the fourth-largest populated city in the country. Shame on you, Mayor (Sylvester) Turner!" said Mass Resistance member Tracy Shannon. "Most parents would not allow that individual to sit in this library and be held up as a role model to our children. KHOU, the CBS affiliate in Houston, first reported the Mass Resistance revelation on Friday after the group reported a sex offender had disguised himself and read to children. We realize this is a serious matter."Ī spokesperson for the library said that Alberto Garza, 32, has posed as drag queen Tatiana Mala Nina, but was first uncovered by Mass Resistance, a Houstonian group that pledged to end the drag queen reading program. "We deeply regret this oversight and the concern this may cause our customers. "In our review of our process and of this participant, we discovered that we failed to complete a background check as required by our own guidelines," the library stated. The library said in a statement it "failed to complete a background check as required," leading to a man posing as a drag queen. ![]() The Houston Public Library admitted Friday that one of its "Drag Queen Storytime" storytellers was a registered child sex offender. ![]()
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